Re: [PATCH 2/4] firewire: fw-cdev: use device generation, not cardgeneration

[Jarod Wilson]

Stefan Richter wrote:
> We have to use the fw_device.generation here, not the fw_card.generation,
> because the generation must never be newer than the node ID when we emit
> a transaction.  This cannot be guaranteed with fw_card.generation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Verified in concert with parts 1 and 3 as well as with 1, 3 and 4, to fix
'giving up on config rom' issues on multiple system and drive combinations
that were previously affected.

Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxx>


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